Smckehouse



Jan. 9, 1923. 1,441,839;

C. H.- EVERS.

SMOKEHOUSE. FILED MAY-3, 1920. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2. I

C. H. EVERS.

Jan. 9, 1923.

SMOKEHOUSE.

FILED MAY 3, 1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- SJMUKEHQU application filcdlltiay: 3, 19%. Serialsecretes.

To aZZw/wmit may concern: a

Be 1t known that T, CI-raisins ll. Evens, a

citizen of the United States residing at Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Uhio, have invented certain new and usefulTmprovemen in Smokehouse-i, ot which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gearing for the conveyors of smolre-housesandhas 'or its object to provide an improved means ior op erating andcontrolling the endless chains. carried within the smoke-house and whichsupport the sausage or the like which is to be smoked, such as is fullydescribed in the patent granted to myself and C. R. .li-lilde hrandt andbearing .q'fl'iiilfihil, and date of November 4:, 1902.

The invention further consists in the pro vision of means whereby saidcl'iaii s may be driven by power or manually The invention furtherconsists in the con tain construction andcombination of partshereinafter described, illustrated andpar ticularly pointed out in theappended description and claims.

Referring to the drawing wherein lilre reference numerals indicatesimilar parts of reference throughout the various views, 1 is asectional side elevation of a smoke-house constructed in the usualmanner and having the improved driving mechanism embodied thereon; Fig.2 is a front elevation; Figs. 3 and d are detail views of the mainbearing and its drive; liig. 5 is an enlarged detail showing the mannerin which the driving gears are separated to permit of manual labor beingemployed and Fig. 6 is a detail view on the line 6 6 of The smoke-house1 in general consists of a relatively high structure built of masonry orthe hire. Tn the lower part thereof are lo- (rated the fire places 52 2and beneath. these the customary ash-pits 3. Part way up this structureare openings at by means of which the articles to be smoked are taken inand out of the smoke-house and from the top of the house projects achimney 60.

The hoisting apparatus comprises two pairs of sprocket wheels 5 and 6which are mounted. upon shafts 7K and 8 journaled at the top and bottomof the structure 1 endless chains 9 and a plurality of carriers 11. Thewheels 6 are mounted in close proximity over the fire places, while thewheels 5 are as far distant therefrom as space will per uiit,preferablynear the top of the structure and directly beneath thechimney. [dome of the chain links 10 are of special formation thereby tosupport the carriers 11. The particular manner in which the foregoing isconstructed has been fully described in thepatent ahove cited and as anysuitable con struction may he employed further descrip tionls deemedunnecessary.

Referring to the figures it will seen that the afor mentioned shaft 7projects through the structure and is supported in suitable bearings 12carried by the walls thereof. At one end and outside of the wall saidshaft has listed thereto a worm wheel 13 which meshes with a worm i lkeyed upon a transverse shaft 15. lying parallel to and outside of thestructure. This shaft ismounted in specially designed bearings indicatedgenerally at 1.6 and 1.7 which will be hereinafter described and whichpermit of adjustment of the shaft 15. This shaft has secured at one endasprocket wheel 18 and a worm wheel l9 and said worm wheel meshes with awe :20 splined upon the shaft 21 of a motor the motor being supportedupon a shelf a3 secured to the structure, and the end of the shaft 21upon the end of which the worm 20 is secured, being supported in abearing; ineinberE Ed. Electrical energy being introduced into the motorit will be apparent that motion is transmitted to the shaft 7 at agreatly reduced speed, thereby procuring a very slow moven'ient of thecarriers, and by means of which satisfactory'curing of the meats isobtained during the completion of but one circuit of said carriers Tt isat times essential that the position of the carriers be adjusted verycarefully especially when. loading or making repairs, and for thispurpose T provide a means for manually operating said carriers. Thisconsists of a hand crank 25 mounted in a bracket 26 carried by thestructure and in a position which will be convenient for the op eratorto reach, and said crank has secured thereto a sproclret wheel 27 whichis geared to the aforementioned sprocket wheel 18 through a chain 280Ubviously it would be impossible to drive the shaft 15 were the wormwheel 19 to remain in mesh with the worm. 20, and to overcome this Tprovide a split collar 29, provided with hinge members and locking cars31, which is placed upon the shaft 21 between the worm 20 and thehearing support of the bearing 24:" After A in,

the removal of said collar, rotation of shaft causes the worm to movelongitudinally of shaft 21 until such time as it is free of the wormwheel. This it is caused to do by the pitch of the worm and the positionit assumes at this time is clearly shown in Fig ure 5.

To permit of perfectaligning of the shaft 15 and to compensate for wearto the gearing'thereon the aforementioned bearings 16 and 17areprovidedwith a vertical adjustment. This consists of a plate fixed tothe wall of the structure by means of bolts 36, said plate is providedat its bottom with an outwardly projecting flange 37, through whichprojects set screws 38 provided with jam nuts 39. The pillow blocks oractual bearings for said shaft are provided with a back flange T0 bymeans of which they are secured to the plate 35 by bolts 41 passingthrough slots 42 in the flange 40, and the bottom edge of said flangerests upon and is further supported by the set screws 38. Now byloosening the bolts 41 and manipulating the set screws 38 a verticaladjustment of the shaft may be obtained,

Referring particular to Figs, 1 and 2 it will be seen that the doorswhich close the openings 4;, are provided with. hand holes &5 closed bya swinging door 46 and in proximity to the door latch H. lly this means,were a workman to ii'ladvertently remain "within the structure with thedoor closed and after the fires werestarted he would be able to releasehimself and prevent mptry to himself from suffocation.

The above construction is capable of l'itlllgf modified in various ways,therefore 1 wish it to be understood that I do not care to he limitedtherein further than is reunired by the state of the art or that whichcomes within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination of a driven shaft; ha v ing a worm gear thereon, amotor shaft having a worm slidable thereon and en gaging said gear abearing in whh-h the motor shaftrotates, a. renmvahle collar on themotor shaft. between said hearing; and the worm, and adapted when inplace 1. hold said worm engaged with the. gear. an when removed topermit sliding movena-nt to disengage the worm from the gear. and meansto manually operate the driven shat! when said collar is removed.

2. The combination of a driven shaft. worm gear thereon. a motor shaft.a worm thereon engaging said gear. said worm ing splined on the motorshaft for length wise movement, a removable device normal l holding saidworm against lengthwise mm oment and in driving engagement with saidgear, and when removed permitting said worm to slide lengthwise out ofengagenn-m with said gear. and means to operate the driven shaft byhand.

In testimony whereof. il do atlix m sirine ture in presence of twowitnes es.

(lllAhlillS ll. FYIIRS.

\Vitnesses W'M. A. Evans, JOHN A. Boamuunn'r.

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